Adaptive backup for storage library
US5623471A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an automated information storage and retrieval library system having a single recording drive, a backup or copying operation is preferably performed in a single-threaded fashion whereas in a library having two or more drives, a multi-threaded approach is preferred. The present invention provides a library with the capability to back up information from one piece of media to another in an adaptive fashion. A determination is made whether there is one drive unit available in the library or whether at least two are available. A multi-threaded backup approach is employed if there are two available recording drives in the library and a single-threaded approach is employed if there is only one available drive. In addition to making the determination when a copy request is received, the library controller can make the determination at various stages of a copy operation and adaptively change between single-threaded and multi-threaded approaches.
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